Detroit-to-Conn. flight makes NY emergency landing

Updated at: 11/07/2012 10:35 AM
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(AP) SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Officials say a Delta passenger jet made an emergency landing at in Syracuse, N.Y., after one of its engines failed.

Syracuse Department of Aviation Commissioner Christina Callahan tells WSYR-TV ( http://bit.ly/Tupb6X) that the MD-80 with 102 people on board landed safely at Syracuse Hancock International Airport around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. She says the pilot reported that one of the two engines wasn’t working.

The flight originated in Detroit and was headed to Hartford, Conn., when it was diverted to Syracuse.